Bill File

Establishment of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Planning for Connecticut's Energy Future (SB 1243)

BILL SUMMARY:

This bill creates the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) by merging the departments of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Public Utility Control (DPUC). In addition to the duties and powers inherited from those departments, the bill gives DEEP new energy-related planning and oversight responsibilities and transfers various energy-related responsibilities and powers from the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) to it.